• binkd FAQ [2/4]

    From binkd Team@2:5020/1042 to All on Sat Mar 6 01:15:02 2021
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    --- hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2020-11-09
    * Origin: Moscow, Russia (2:5020/1042)
    ? 31 Mar 16:48:44 [40423] unable to connect: {13} Permission denied

    In such a case you may try to use http tunnelling for instance with the help of httport, HTTPTunnel (http://http-tunnel.sourceforge.net/), stunnel (https://www.stunnel.org/) or you may find a node receiving binkp
    connections at port 443.


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    07. How Can binkd Work via SOCKS-proxy?

    It is not a rare case when users go out to the internet from their corporate LAN exclusively via the proxy server based at the only computer connected to the internet. Thus binkd cannot make a direct connection to
    the remote node and one must use the proxy server. Proxy servers support
    was included in version 0.9.4 and the later ones.

    binkd works with a SOCKS proxy version 4 and 5. The first one does not demand an authorization (no login and password), the second one de